For the second and final instalment of our series on Icelandic spirits, we explore the island’s native flavours and traditions, from sheep dung-smoked spirits to fermented shark chasers, reveal the…
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We’re toasting the start of the week with a brand new Champagne from Bollinger. Don’t worry about the baffling-sounding name, everything will become clear shortly. ‘PN VZ15’, it doesn’t quite…
A cocktail in a tin made by actual distillers with the same attention to detail you get with spirits? We’re intrigued. It’s high time we checked out NÜTRL’s shiny new…
We’ve got important causes, distillery expansions, trade tariff news and a Scotch whisky distillery asking fans to pick its new whisky from the cask. This week’s Nightcap is a corker….
Delightfully creamy, indulgent and very very cold, our serve this week is air conditioning in a glass. Just the thing as the heat wave doesn’t show any signs of stopping. …
This is the one you’ve been waiting for. The Motörhead competition is over. We have a winner. Remember a few weeks ago when Motörhead was on our blog? First Drummer…
Ever had a gin with botanicals such as bourbon vetiver, gunpowder tea, squid ink, moon rock or Jaffa cakes? These expressions feature such delightful and peculiar ingredients and more. Remember…
From dramatic glacier-cut fjords to lunar-like lava fields, cascading waterfalls to black sand beaches, Iceland’s surreal and mesmerising landscapes have been shaped by the forces of nature over millions of…
This week Ian Buxton applies his boozy magnifying glass on maturation and asks if it can ever be manipulated or accelerated to produce a quality spirit. I found myself recently…
Our New Arrival of the Week is a gin on a mission to support the UK hospitality industry. The hospitality industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. It brought…
Two people are about to receive enough Gosling’s Rum and ginger beer to make a summer’s worth of Dark ‘n’ Stormy cocktails. That’s right, we’ve got another competition winner. Recently…
Got your eye on something delectable to drink in the sunshine? We’re here to help! It’s the second week of our super Summer Sale, and we’ve got a whole load…
It’s the weekend! How do we know that? Because The Nightcap is here. Those are the rules. We always recommend you have a tasty drink in hand before you start…
** MISSED OUT ON SCOTCH & SOFA?** Don’t panic! You can still snap up a set and taste along with the action by clicking right here. Pining for whisky festivals?…
The Shortie Smoky Porter has finally arrived. We spoke to Brendan McCarron at a virtual tasting to get the lowdown on Ardbeg’s first beer. You love Ardbeg. We love Ardbeg….
After 523 years, the stills at Lindores Abbey Distillery were fired up, ready for whisky production to begin. We spoke to its owners and founders, Drew and Helen McKenzie Smith,…
If you can’t make it to a distillery right now, why not let the distillery come to you? A few weeks ago, MoM participated in a virtual gin tasting and…
Every year, almost 120,000 Mint Juleps are served over two days at the Kentucky Derby, requiring more than 450kg of freshly harvested mint and a whopping 27,000kg of ice. Every…
In the midnight hour, you cried more, more, more! So we put together an incredible bundle of Rebel Yell booze that was just waiting to be won by some fortunate…
There were two bundles up for grabs and now there are two lucky winners. Who are they? Find out here… Here’s the deal. You guys like all kinds of delicious…